{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 404: Tailor Patient Treatment Education for Non-Oncology Indications","description":" \u201cWe print education sheets that we have, and we say, \u2018Just ignore this part that says cancer. You\u2019re getting this med but for a different indication.\u2019 And then you have to really point out what our goals of care are. You\u2019re using the information that, as oncology nurses, we like and love, but we\u2019re having to cross it out and say, \u2018Just read this portion and just do this here.\u2019 And that can be challenging for the nurse and probably confusing for the patient,\u201d ONS member Brandy Thornberry, RN, OCN\u00ae, outpatient infusion and VAD supervisor at Logan Health in Kalispell, MT, told Lenise Taylor, MN, RN, AOCNS\u00ae, TCTCN\u2122, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, during a conversation about education for patients receiving antineoplastic drugs for non-oncology indications. Taylor also spoke with ONS members Lizzy McMahon, BSN, RN, OCN\u00ae, and Jennifer Lynch, BSN, RN, TCTCN\u2122, about general antineoplastic treatment education and tailoring education in the stem cell transplantation setting. Music Credit: \u201cFireflies and Stardust\u201d by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0  Earn 0.75 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by listening to the full recording and completing an evaluation at courses.ons.org by February 27, 2027. The planners and faculty for this episode have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. ONS is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center\u2019s Commission on Accreditation. Learning outcome: Learners will report an increase in knowledge of best practices for educating patients receiving antineoplastic therapies across oncology, non\u2011oncology, and stem cell transplant settings. Episode Notes  Complete this evaluation for free NCPD.  ONS Podcast\u2122 episodes: Episode 259: Patient Education for Health Literacy and Limited English Proficiency Episode 197: Patient Learning Needs and Educational Assessments Episode 183: How Oncology Nurses Find and Use Credible Patient Education Resources Episode 179: Learn How to Educate Patients During Immunotherapy Episode 173:\u202fOncology Nurses\u2019 Role in Stem Cell Transplants for Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease ONS Voice articles: Online Tool Helps You Apply Health Literacy Principles to Written Patient Education Personalized Patient Education: Ensure Effective, Inclusive, and Equitable Patient Education With These Five Strategies Policies and Procedures for Written Patient-Facing Cancer Education Materials Oncology Nursing Forum article: An Integrative Review of Patient Education During Inpatient Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ONS Hematology, Cellular Therapy, and Stem Cell Transplantation Learning Library Patient Education Sheets: Cancer Care, Explained To discuss the information in this episode with other oncology nurses, visit the ONS Communities. To find resources for creating an ONS Podcast club in your chapter or nursing community, visit the ONS Podcast Library. To provide feedback or otherwise reach ONS about the podcast, email pubONSVoice@ons.org. Highlights From This Episode McMahon: \u201cA great question would be to ask the patient what they already know and what they\u2019re most concerned about or what their biggest questions are. This way, the nurse can tailor their education to make sure to focus on what the patient doesn\u2019t know yet and what they\u2019re most concerned about, while still touching on all the required education topics. \u2026 It\u2019s also important for nurses to continually be assessing the patient\u2019s readiness to learn throughout the education session, looking for nonverbal cues or verbal signs that the patient is overwhelmed or anxious because this is going to interfere with their ability to take in new information.\u201d TS 3:49 Thornberry: \u201cA lot of the education sheets and the products for them explain it like, \u2018This is cancer,\u2019 and more of an oncology perspective, so occasionally [non-oncology patients] can show up and be confused by it. I do feel like they come a little bit less prepared than our oncology patients. Our rheumatologists and neurologists, they sure try, but they just don\u2019t have the support in that realm either. They\u2019re full of every question you can imagine. They\u2019ve never been to an infusion room. They don\u2019t know what to bring. Can they drink water and have their meds beforehand? It\u2019s a full gamut of really preparing them to get these for autoimmune or rheumatology-type issues.\u201d TS 14:12 Lynch: \u201cI really want to spend time with those patients to make sure that we are not assuming that they are coming to us with any knowledge or experience. I want them to be able to come to us with questions and trust their healthcare team and really sit down with them and say, \u2018Okay, you don\u2019t have cancer, but we\u2019re using the word chemotherapy where we\u2019re talking about cancer drugs.\u2019\u2026 And we\u2019re going to probably spend more time going over some of the basics about blood stem cells, types of cells that they grow into, how your body fights infection, what they\u2019re going to be at risk for. The side effects can be pretty scary when you\u2019re talking about them, especially back to back. So making sure that we are delivering the information that doesn\u2019t put them in a panic mode\u2026 A lot of reassurance, as well, and just taking into consideration that, yes, this might have this whole other layer of anxiety to it because of the unknown.\u201d TS 32:22 ","author_name":"The ONS Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/onsvoice.libsyn.com\/website","html":"